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Chapter 1632 The Sad One

The popularity of "Little Shoes" gradually faded, but for Li Yi, this movie still brought him certain things, such as the praise from the Iranian film circle.

Even many Iranian directors like Abbas have begun to prepare films like "Little Shoes" that are not purely satirical or expose social problems.

Li Yi calmed down again. He wanted to be a lazy guy, but someone wouldn't let him.

Although science fiction movies have made some progress in China in recent years, in fact, with several big productions failing one after another, according to movie fans, Li Yi opened the door to Chinese science fiction movies, but later comers closed the door again.

For this reason, this year's Science Fiction Film Festival seems very embarrassing, because there are only a few domestic science fiction films this year, and there are no heavyweight local science fiction films signed up.

Although there is still some time before the Science Fiction Film Festival, the Science Fiction Film Festival is anxious.

Although this film festival has never been able to gain much influence, it is still a film festival after all. If there are no local science fiction films participating, it would be really embarrassing.

In fact, it is not the fault of domestic directors who are unwilling to make science fiction films. On the one hand, there are indeed constraints. Secondly, science fiction films require too much script for low-budget films, and too much risk for large-scale productions. The return on investment is not proportional to the risk, so capital naturally prefers those films that can make a small profit with a big investment, or those types that are sure to make a profit.

As a result, science fiction movies are facing an extremely embarrassing scene again.

Now, "When you have trouble with a film, look for Li Yi" has almost become a saying in the domestic film industry.

For this reason, Li Yi was naturally visited again.

Originally, since they were not familiar with each other, Li Yi could have refused. However, the other party had a wide network of contacts and found many of Li Yi's friends in the circle to act as lobbyists. In the end, they even found Li Yi's wife Mu Qing to act as a lobbyist.

"Why are you trying to be a lobbyist?" Li Yi said helplessly.

"I can't help it. It's just a favor I owe you. Of course, if you're not interested, forget it." Mu Qing didn't force it.

This kind of thing itself cannot be forced.

"To be honest, it's not easy to make domestic science fiction movies, mainly because I don't have any ready-made scripts." Li Yi shook his head.

"Then there's nothing we can do." Mu Qing said indifferently.

Li Yi was interested, but as he said, inspiration is something that only God knows when it will come.

In the following days, the Science Fiction Film Festival worked everywhere, hoping to get suitable films to sign up for this year's Science Fiction Film Festival, but unfortunately the results were minimal.

But on this day, Li Yi saw an article.

A very special article.

This article is not a particularly popular one. It is just the editor's way of commemorating a scientist who was once misunderstood and unrecognized.

And a passage involuntarily emerged in Li Yi's mind.

The ancient Greek geometer Apollonius summarized the theory of conic sections, which was applied to the theory of planetary orbits by the German astronomer Kepler 1831 years later. Galois founded group theory in 1855, but no one in the academic community understood his ideas at the time, so his papers could not be published. More than a hundred years later, group theory was put into practical use. The matrix theory founded by Cayley around was applied to quantum mechanics sixty years later.

Mathematicians such as JH Lambert, Gauss, Riemann, and Lobachevsky proposed and developed non-Euclidean geometry. Gauss spent his entire life exploring the practical applications of non-Euclidean geometry, but he died with regret. One hundred and seventy years after the birth of non-Euclidean geometry, this theory, which was useless and widely ridiculed at the time, and the tensor analysis theory developed from it became the core foundation of Einstein's general theory of relativity.

He Xi independently proposed the microcontinuum theory and completed it in 1999. One hundred and fifty years later, this achievement eventually led to the birth of the grand unified field theory equations. The world is silent for these sad names and for the thousands of years of loneliness behind these sad names.

It’s very special that the memory that Li Yi triggered this time was not a movie, but a novel, a science fiction novel!
"The Heartbreaker"!
By the way, although this science fiction short story won the Galaxy Award from another world, it is quite controversial.

Some people think that this is not science fiction at all.

Even if we cut out the process of "time travel", it is hard to say that this is a "science fiction" work, and "time travel" is already the most popular threshold of science fiction. What is more worrying is that there are many "hard flaws" in "The Heartbreaker" that are difficult to ignore. For example, "questioning the significance of mathematical applications", "using publishing a book as a way to present academic achievements", "observers can find this book from the ruins one hundred and fifty years later", etc. All of this is full of a writer's imagination of the scientific academic world.

But it doesn't matter. In many people's minds, it is still a monument of "soft science fiction". The philosophy reflected in it not only praises the glory of motherhood, but also has the spirit of seeking truth. The latter makes people feel that it is really a work that can no longer be "science fiction".

The excellence of "The Heartbreakers" does not stop there. In the novel, the author wrote: "Your eyes can deceive you, your ears can deceive you, your imagination can deceive you, but mathematics cannot." It is precisely because modern mathematics has developed to this day and non-Euclidean geometry has touched the limits of human perception that people have begun to believe in the logical deduction of pure mathematics. Unfortunately, Roche was a tragedy in this era of transition.

Therefore, when we are moved by the family affection in "The Heartbroken", we can't help but be moved by those mathematicians in history who persevered and insisted on the truth, and feel sorry for those mathematicians who were not appreciated and wasted their lives. Due to the limitations and objectivity of the times, every thought that transcends the times may find it difficult to obtain the respect and glory it deserves.

Putting all this aside, is "The Heartbroken" a good story for Li Yi?
The answer is yes, and its presentation form is very similar to "A Beautiful Mind" - the growth process of a genius scientist!
Of course, if the novel is to be adapted into a movie script, some adaptations must be made, but this is enough.

In fact, "The Heartbreakers" is a collection, and the story with the same name is just one of the stories in the collection.

As the first volume, "The Heartbreakers" is only 40 pages long.

Although "The Heartbroken" is defined as a science fiction novel, it should be considered soft science fiction, because there are very few science fiction elements throughout the book, except for the invisible "I" telling the story and the use of time and space conversion. But this does not affect its science fiction image. On the contrary, without the grand scenes and uncontrollable fantasies, the small characters show a compact and profound view of human nature, the times and the universe. The description of human nature in the text has a bit of poetry and beauty rarely seen in science fiction, and adds a bit of true love.

The climax of the book is when the mathematical genius He Xi faced the theory of micro-continuity he discovered and took a tough stance, which led to the fierce opposition and conflict between the times he lived in, including love, friendship, ideals and the direction of the times.

Micro-continuity theory, this great existence that transcends the times, when it is not accepted by the times, the protagonist He Xi is not carrying honor, but is hostile to the world. His girlfriend is drifting away, his mentor forgets his original intention in real life, and the secular society takes the opportunity to coerce him, making the protagonist's pale and powerless sadness vividly appear on the paper. Fortunately, what allows people to breathe in this resentful depression from beginning to end is the selfless love from his mother Xia Qunfang, which is the only eternal hope.

Li Yi has read this novel many times. It can be said that there are three points in the book that make people feel the most sensitive and profound: time, maternal love, and obsession.

Time, no one can explain what it is. You say it is ordinary, exists all the time, and everyone has it, regardless of origin, regardless of status, and it seems nothing special. But sometimes, time is like a flood and a beast, swallowing you up without any resistance. Just like what He Xi's girlfriend Jiang Xue wrote after she separated from him and went abroad for further studies: "Looking back on everything that happened that day is like a dream. We had so many happy times. I really don't know what I should do. I am not a fickle person. I still think so today.

I once firmly believed that true love was invincible, but now I know that there is only one thing in this world that is truly invincible, and that is time.

Whether it is pain or joy, love or hate, they can all be overcome in the face of time, even if you thought they were unforgettable. Nothing can be called eternal in the face of time. When I wrote this, my tears could not stop flowing, but it was not because of my love for you, but because I hated myself for changing my love for you - I thought it was impossible. "

In her eyes, he was once so noble, no matter what the outside world said about them being a combination of "flowers and cow dung" or how shabby, pedantic and nerdy he seemed to outsiders.

On the contrary, Jiang Xue felt that He Xi was the smartest and most insightful person she had ever met. He was full of spiritual energy, especially his eyes. She had never seen anyone with such a pair of wise and profound eyes before.

Whenever she saw those eyes, she couldn't help thinking that a person with such eyes must be extraordinary.

However, she never expected that, after she finished her further studies abroad, they would be able to reunite and plan a magnificent life together, but she never expected that the giant of time would separate them from each other.

Can it be called betrayal? Not really, they loved each other so deeply and knew each other so well.

But the cruel thing is that in the face of time, don't try to prove anything or compare anything with time.

Because the existence of time gives love, hope, and life a basis and support. However, we often take the existence of time for granted, and pretentiously believe that time should be reasonable for everyone. When we are surrounded by it, we find that we are trapped in it and can do nothing about it.

What should we do in the face of the chaos of time? The answer is nothing. The only thing we can do while living in time is to cherish and enjoy the meaning of life given to us by every particle of time. You cannot change it, nor can you influence it, but you must respect it.

Of course, this is the most concrete and differentiable existence of time. In the text, the power of time is emphasized across the existence of the entire era at that time.

The tragedy of the genius happened precisely because the protagonist’s mission did not fit in with the times he lived in. The Microcontinuum Theory, a great work and extraordinary thought that was recognized a hundred years later, was a mathematical expression of the grand unified equation that served as the theoretical basis for the Nobel Prize in Physics. However, it was ignored and even laughed at in the protagonist’s time one hundred and fifty years ago.

What kind of strange thought allowed the protagonist to transcend the shackles of the times and unswervingly fulfill what he believed to be his "destiny" with a martyr's spirit? He must have the greatness that transcends the times, but he is also destined to succumb to the limitations of the times and be born in it, unable to break free. This is also the main point of conflict in the book. It is precisely because of this irreconcilable conflict that the protagonist has gone against the entire era, opposing this era and the people and things wrapped in this era, and loyally guarding the micro-continuity he discovered with radiant brilliance. Even in the 150 years after the author, this big book was buried in the sand of time as if it had never existed, and no one knew about it. Until today, when it was rediscovered, modern people were surprised by its natural work and the times were right.

Who can say that time is ordinary? It records everything and defines everything. Its power to change clouds and rain makes survival or destruction determined by it in an instant. Some things have no meaning in themselves, but they are given meaning by time. The existence of time allows everything to take root and sprout on it, bloom dazzling flowers, and bear fruit.

In Li Yi's opinion, the most outstanding aspect of "The Heartbroken" is not science fiction, but maternal love.

There is nothing wrong with this, and in fact, it is because of maternal love that this chapter is highly praised.

The article begins with the mother Xia Qunfang bargaining with vendors in the vegetable market. From the beginning to the end, the mother's company has always been by her side, never giving up. It is precisely because of the mother's warmth and love that the helpless protagonist can still grasp a glimmer of hope in the world. Although this hope is not very useful, it does give warmth to the weeping person and makes the article more tender.

It's hard to imagine. No, for ordinary people, it should be hard to imagine. But for Xia Qunfang, a poor mother who bargains carefully for a few cents in trivial life, when her son He Xi is desperately trying to publish a book for his micro-series, she can hand over the money from the factory that bought out her 27 years of service to her son without hesitation and without regard for the consequences. This action is so natural.

She believed in her son, just like the awe she felt after seeing his books printed. In her opinion, books were the standard, the most amazing thing in the world, and the people who wrote them were even more amazing, and these books were all written by her son. But she didn't know that these were books that no one would buy, and they were not even wanted by libraries for collection. So she stuffed these books into various primary and secondary schools in order to make her son feel that his books were actually read by people.

People always lament that maternal love remains unchanged, but it is also enough to see the powerlessness of maternal love. Xia Qunfang's love is so full that it makes people feel a dream of being cherished, but when the mother's wish to send more books to her son is unsuccessful, and when the actions taken after the mother's love are ignored, people can feel a sense of powerlessness and sadness. How much she wanted to help her son, she had tried everything she could think of and do for her son. However, the times did not show tolerance to the mother and daughter because of her sincerity, kindness and love. In the end, they left, leaving this world that they could not understand in their lives, as if they had never been here.

However, no matter how cold and desolate the times were, He Xi was lucky, at least his mother accompanied him to the end. His mother, Xia Qunfang, should also be happy, because He Xi's call at the end of his life was the two warmest words in the world: "Mom"!
(End of this chapter)